The Butte inter mountain. [volume], December 31, 1901, Page 5, Image 5

About The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912

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Begin at the Beginning
and let the advent of the New
Year be also the advent of a new
piano In your house. You cannot
be truly happy without one of these
marvels of musical excellence.
Prices $175 to $1000. We make the
terms of payment easy.
MONTANA MUSIC CO.,
119 N. Main St.
Great
Calamity
Still at Your Service
Our shelving gave way,
turning our stock upside
down, breaking show cases,
and slightly damaging some
of our stock. We worked all
night and are now ready to
serve you.
Come Quick!
Lowest prices ever heard of;
Goods at less than manufactu
rers' cost
Montana Book Co.
W. H. KLEIN. Manager
209 N. Main St., Butte. 'Phone 294
Ice Skates
At a Big Discount
Ebony goods. Celluloid goods,
leather goods, fine books, cheap
books, late books, popular books,
calenders, everybody's Hue calen
dars.
EVANS' BOOK STORE
114 N. Hain St
for 1902
Blank Books
Calendar Pad Stands
Graves' Indexes
Raymonds Trial Balances
Typewriters and
All Office Supplies
One-Third off '1902' Calendars
CALKINS' BOOK STORE
31-37 North Main St.
tor Tonight..
...Oily
Open Till Ten
Special Discount on all Holiday
Novelties, Sterling Silver and
Ebony, also Filled Cuff Buttons
This Offer is Especially
for Today and Night
LEYS
The Jeweler
Owsley Block, Hain, Cor. of Park.
Richards
THF- BUTTE UNDERTAKER
$ racticcl Undertakers and Embalmers.
(40 W. Fa* St, latte. Phase 307.
SULLIVAN OWNS IT
SO SAYS JUSTICE NELSON IN A
HOUSE RECOVERY SUIT.
THRESHER HAD POSSESSION
Claimed Property Under a Deed Signed
by Plaintiff, But the Latter Says
He Thought the Docu
ment a Mortgage.
The suit brought by James Sullivan
against B. S. Thresher to recover posses
sion of a house bearing No. 310 West Vir
ginia street, was tried in Justice Nelson's
court yesterday afternoon, and resulted
in a verdict for the plaintiff. In addition
to judgment for the restoration of the
premises, the defendant was ordered to
pay Sullivan $50, the amount of rent
money alleged to have been collected by
the defendant since he took possession;
and also $1 damages, which was all Sul
livan sought to recover.
Sullivan Ha.. Domestic Trouble.
The trouble between Messrs. Thresher
and Sullivan originated in the employ
ment of Thresher, as the legal repre
sentative of Sullivan In a domestic mix
up to which Sullivan was a party, and
led to the commencement of disbarment
proceedings against Thresher. These
proceedings aie now pending.
It appears that Sullivan owned the
house in question; that some time ago
he had trouble with his wife, and was
thrown into Jail. While there he em
ployed Thresher to defend him, but not
having any money with which to pay the
attorney for his services, he gave him
a deed to the premises in West Virginia
street. Later on Thresher, according to
Sullivan's allegations, advised him to
move out of the house and rent it, and
Sullivan did so. Then Thresher secured
a tenant and held the property as his
own. Sullivan says that when he dis
covered he was completely out of it he
brought suit against Thresher to recover
possession of the property, claiming that
when he signed the deed he labored under
the impression he was signing a mort
gage for an amount sufficient to cover the
attorney's charges as counsel in his be
half.
Proceedings Were Lively.
At the trial Sullivan was represented
by T. A. Morrin; Thresher represented
himself, and during the hearing warm
words were exchanged at short range.
After all the testimony had been ad
duced Morrin intimated that Thresher's
witnesses had sworn falsely, and that it
was an easy matter to get them to do it.
"Here is poor old James Sullivan," said
he, "who has been a resident of this city
18 years. He has worked hard and ac
quired some property, and now an at
tempt is being hiade to turn him out of
it."
"Just like Sullivan turned his wife and
child out," interposed Mr. Thresher.
The remark angered Sulnvan. and he
drew closer to the table near which he
was sitting and accused Mr. Thresher of
not telling the truth, his language being
quite pointed.
At the close of the remarks of Mr.
Morrin the Justice rendered his decision,
and Mr. Thresher asked for a stay of pro
ceedings until 2 o'clock today, but Mor
rin objected to even as much as five sec
onds. unless a bond of $500 was furnished
at once.
Justice Nelson refused to grant the
stay, and Mr. Thresher left the room,
with the remark that he would get some
one else to do it.
Did Not Get Possession.
As soon as he had gone the justice is
sued a writ of restitution and placed it
in the hands of the sheriff for service,
but when two of the latter's officers went
to the house to turn it over to Sullivan
they found the doors locked.
Tjhey then returned to the courthouse
for further instructions, but in the mean
time Thresher had perfected his plans
for an appeal from the decision of Justice
Nelson. There the controversy rested.
COYOTE BUSINESS
SCALP HUNTERS WHO DRIVE A
THRIVING TRADE.
KILLED 400 COYOTES IN YEAR
Men Who Make a Business of Hunting
Down the Pests—Cost the County
Two Thousand Dollars in
Twelve Months.
Not everybody knows that Butte is the
central market for the very flourishing
business of coyote killing, nor that with
in 20 miles of the great mines and smelt
ers of Butte there is a place where coy
otes wax fat and numerous and over
run the earth.
Only 20 miles away, in the Big Hole
river region not far from the Divide,
coyotes romp in the wilderness in droves
and furnish several indefatigable hunt
ers with sport, hard work and a liveli
hood.
Coyotes infest the unreclaimed slopes
and canyons of the Big Hoie mountains,
and they come down the Hig Hole river
out of the mountains to the hunting j
ground named in search of food. There !
they are hunted down by the scalp !
hunters and slain for the bounty that the I
state government has placed upon them. ]
The Business Is Profitable. j
Three men, W. B. Nay and two part
ners, have slain 191 at them within
three or four months, and at $5 a scalp
their total earnings reach the neat sum :
of $955. That is a very respectable fig
ure for the time named, and during most
of the time Nay had only one partner
The coyote hunters have earned very
good wages for the time and labor ex- j
pended, to say nothing of the sport. i
But most of the coyotes have been '
trapped. That is the favorite way of,
getting their scalps. Shooting them is j
too expensive on account of the ammu- |
nition necessary, and traps will catch |
more in a given time than a limiter can I
shoot, any way. The work of scalp |
hunting consists principally of baiting
the traps and settin£*inem, and collect
ing the animais when they have been '
captured and bringing the
scalps to j
town. The scalps are brought in only
at long periods, however—every several
weeks.
Nay Has a Record.
Nay made one of hie periodical clean
ups today. He brought in 80 skins and
scalps and delivered them at County
Clerk Weston's office to secure the
bounty. The bunch will net him and his
partners the tidy sum of $400. That
represents about seven weeks' work.
Something less than two months ago
Nay brought in 70 skins. All of the
animals were killed in the Big Hole
hunting ground, 20 odd miles from hero.
At the rate of which the slaughtering
of them is going on they ought to be
cleaned out of that district before many
moons.
Chief Clerk Doran of Mr. Weston's of
fice issued a certificate to Nay showing
that the coyote scalps were received, anfl
the certificate will be presented by Nay
to the state treasurer at Helena, wl>,o
will pay the bounty on them.
Drain on State's Finances. u3
During the fiscal year fully 400 skins
have been received at the county cleric
and recorder's office here, which calls for
a bounty of $2000. These scalps repre,
sent the coyotes killed in this county
alone. There are coyote scalp hunteis
in the other counties also, and so the
total bounty paid by the state during the
year for the extermination of the pesky
medicine wolf must reach a round figure.
If the average of $1000 to each county
were taken for the basis of an estimate
the figure would reach $20,000 for all the
counties. This would indicate that the
state of Montana is a good place for
coyotes.
AGAINST OREGON SHORT LINE. f
Two Residents of Divide Claim Their
Lattle Were Killed.
T. A. Wonderlich of Divide has com
menced suit against the Oregon Short
Line Kailroad company. He seeks to re
cover judgment for $1 "r>. the alleged value
of two steers which it is claimed were
killed by one of the trains of the com
pany on November 29.
E. B. Rabin of the same place also
seeks to recover for the death of one of
his cows. He alleges in his complaint
that he valued the animal at $85 and that
it met death on the rails of the Oregon
Short Line.
Both complaints are on file in Justice
Arnold's court.
BARNES A LUCKY MAN.
Prosecuting Witness Against Him
Fails to Appear.
So far as the charge of carrying a
deadly weapon is concerned, ..lames
Barnes will probably not be prosecuted.
The complaining witness, a man call
ing himself "Paddy Soap,'' has disap
peared.
Barnes was to have been tried In Jus
tice Shepherd's court at Meaderville
yesterday. When the button was pressed
it was found that Soap had failed to
slide into the room along with the other
interested ones. The charge against
Rarnes was made December IS. On the
6th he was taken into custody on a
charge of threatening to carve Lc. wis
Morris. Before the date of the hear
ing Morris left the country and Rames
escaped prosecution.
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At
Hennessy's ^
Store
Inventory Sale
Biggest Bargains B1 '
T ODAY We started our Annual Inventory Sale to close out our several lines of winter goods.
Owing to the mildness of the season and a consequent decrease in the regular sale of cold
weather goods, we have a large stock of fine furs, ready-to-wear garments and other tilings per
taining to the winter season. To get rid of them in short order is a necessity, so we put prices
away below eastern éost and give the public the grandest opportunity ever offered to secure strictly
seasonable goods at ridiculously low figures. Watch Hennessy's windows.
Fur Coats and Collarettes.
Electric Seal Jackets /•
Seventeen of them and every one
a bargain.
They are 24 Inches long with col
lar and reveres of mink, beaver,
Persian lamb and black marten.
Linings of Skinner satin, guar
anteed for two years. Sizes 34 to
42 inches.
$50 Jackets for $31.75
$65 Jackets for $41.75
$75 Jackets for $47.50
$85 Jackets for $53.50
$95 Jackets for $62.50
Separate SKjrts
At Half Trice
37 odd skirts of silk, satin, serge,
cheviot and Venetian cloths, colors
red, brown, black and navy, lengths
42 to 44 inches. All at half price.
Some of these are very effective
and good.
Great Bargains on Hermessy's Second Floor
HlacK. A straK^an
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Here are 12 well made, stylish
and serviceable fur garments of as
trakhan, 24 inches in length, made
with large storm coliafs, large re
veres and lined throughout with
Skinner's tine satin, which is guar
anteed for two years. Today in the
following sizes, 34, 40, 42, 44 and 4G
inches.
$45 Jackets for $28.75
$55 Jackets for $34.75
$75 Jackets for $47.50
*"Remember the 2)&f/ng
Everything you may buy at this
inventory sale in the last days of
December will be charged up in
the January account. One price
all. Cash or credit.
Fur Collarettes
Quite a good assortment, includ
ing the most popular styles, in mink,
Persian Iamb, krimmer, black mar
ten, neaiseal and black astrakhan.
Lengths from 8 to 15 indies, all
nicely lined with satin and all go
ing at half price.
$15 Collarettes for $ 7.50
$25 Collarettes for $1.2.50
$35 Collarettes for $17.50
$40 Collarettes for $20.00
$50 Collarettes for $25.00
Flannel Waists
#2.50 Values for #1.50
240 all wool tricot flannel waists,
round yoke with tucks, separate
tight-fitting linings, well cut and
correctly made. Sizes 32 to 44
indies. Cpiors, rose, black, dark
red and navy.
Women's Wrappers, Underwear
Great VaJues in These M\ich-Wanted Goods, on Second Floor
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Women's \fndertoear
Swiss ribbed vests and pants,
good weight, fleece lined, taped
neck, flannelette band on pants.
Good, big sizes, 4, 5 and 6. Colors
ecru and gray.
33c Valuesfor 20c each
Half wool Swiss ribbed, fleece
lined vests and pants, silk taped
neck, French band to pants. Color
silver gray. Good, big sizes, 3, 4,
5 and 6.
73c Values for 45c each
Flannelette Wrappers
#1.00 Wrappersfor 55c
210 women's flannelette wrappers,
with 10-inch flounce around skirt,
ruffles over shoulders and trim
pied with narrow braid. Separate
tight-fitting linings. Colorings are
.black and white, blue and white
,fuid lavender and white stripes and
figures. All sizes from 34 to 44
.inches.
#1.00 Wrappers for 55c
Wo men's \fndertuear
Fleece lined union suits, "Oneita"
style, good heavy weight, lace trim
med, well shaped, good, big sizes,
4. 5 and 6. Colors gray and ecru.
75 Values for ♦Sc a Suit
Hoys' \7nderbuear
Heavy weight fleece lined shirt
and drawers, warm and serviceable
chocolate and gray, sizes 24 to 34.
50c Values for 30c each
Having given up the sale of W.
& B, corsets, we will close out our
entire stock of these guods at the
following reduced prices. Come
early, while the assortment of sizes
is at its best:
476 pairs marked down, viz:
No. 937, worth $1.50, for ........75c
No. 702, worth $2.00, for........$1.15
No. 77, worth $1.50. for.........75c
No. 410, worth $1.50, for ........75c .
No. 155, worth $1.75, for........$1.00
No. 656. worth $1.75, for........$1.00
No. 614, worth $2.75, for......$1.50
No. 650, worth $3.50, for........$1.75
No. 626, worth Î12.50. for........$7.00
No. 443, worth $1.25. for........75c
No. 130, worth $2.50. for......$1.15
No. 108, worth $2.00, for......$1.15
No. 430. worth 50c. for......37 l-2c
No. 136, .worth $1.00, for........55c
Colors are drab, white and
black.
All Goods Sold Go on January Account
So what you buy on Monday and Tuesday will be dated as January ist and charged up as the new year's ^
business. One price—cash or credit. Everything exactly as represented. Take no one's say-so ; see for 00
yourself and judge. Mail Orders to Hennéssy's, Butte, Montana.
SUPERS UN A STRIKE
BEGIN NEW YEAR BY DEMAND
ING INCREASE IN WAGES.
GREEK DIVINITY SPOKESi^N
Brutus' Shield-Bearer Says He and His
Professionals Are Not Getting
Enough Money—Will Organ
ize Supers' Union.
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There is a strike on among the supers
of one of the theaters in this city.
They filed into the Inter Mountain of
fice last evening to register a kick, say
ing they wanted their grievances given
due publicity.
They were all there. First came the
talil youth with the face like a Greek
god, who carries the papier mache shield
before Brutus in the battle of Philippi.
Next came the gentleman with the
high-cheek bones, who leads the Roman
rabble and shouts: "The will. Let's see
the will." He was followed by the boy
with the cherub face, who plays page ]
and juvenile parts and says "Lord and I
Lady Trelaney, my lord," and retires
left center. j
Immediately in his wake came the
lank, raw-boned individual who bears !
aloft the S. P. Q. R. i.isignia of the j
Roman standard-bearer and chews gurfr;
in the wings between the acts. 1
The pale youth who has ambitions and
who lives on the memory of the night !
when he rushed on the stage at the j
production of "The Jail-Bird's Mother
in-law" and immortalized himself in
the dramatic words: "Here is the letter
which sends you to your doom," came
next.
The Greek divinity was the self-ap
pointed spokesman of the party.
"We're only gettin' two-bits for do
whole performance,'' said he, "and we
work tree hours fer it."
''How much do you want for it?" h?
was asked.
"We want six-bits anyway." said the
classic-featured man, and the leader of
the Roman mob chimed In, "And d'ere
won't be no supers till we gets it."
Tlie cherub-faced boy belied his
cherubship by exclaiming, "You bet yer
bools," and the pale face youth echoed
dramatically, 'That's what we want."
And then they filed out with the same
military precision that they arrived, the
body-guard of the noble Britons re
marking as he left the office: "We'll
form a supers' union and pertect the in
terests of the profesh." And all the othei
supers echoed: "That's what we'll do.
Wg'll form a supers' union."
A Bankrupt Mechanic.
James M. Tripp of thl3 city, a me
chanic, has been adjudged a bankrupt in
1 1;-• United States court. His petition was
filed and passed upon late yesterday af
ternoon.
His liabilities are placed at $1736.75, and
bis assets at $311. The latter are claimed
as exempt."
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Jewelry
Repaired
By Experts
Not every Jewelry «tore can turn out a good job In the mending line.
This many know to their sorrow.
Our store is new and our work shops have the latest and most up-to
date machinery and appliances to meet the every want of the operator.
Having the very best facilities for doing all kinds of work in the way of
making and mending jewelry, we guarantee satisfaction in every par
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W atches
Cleaned
We have skillful workmen to attend to this branch of our business who
do their work quickly and well. If your watch fails to keep good time we
will find the cause and name the remedy.
Our price for cleanig a watch is but $1.50. i ' 'jj TJ.ili'i
Our price for a main spring but $1.00. J
Notice our window display of pretty things for New Year's gifts.
Tuttle - Greerve
Jewelry Co.
North Main Street, Opposite Hennessy's
Butte, -Montana.